- Nov 24, 2013
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So me and my mom have been buying the things we would be needing past few days. Today I decided to finally assemble it. Let me show my progress thus far:
We had extension cords and the lightbulb cords around the house already so we bought the rest.
$2 Plastic Box
$3 Lightbulbs 2 pack
$3 Thermometer with Humidity gauge
$12 Digital Thermometer with Humidity gauge
$1 Plastic foam type lining for the bottom
Total: $21+ whatever california tax is
Materials
Now I would suggest that if anyone goes this route to please put a spare piece of wood against the plastic as you drill a hole to it. We didn't and well my dad ended up breaking it.![Frown :( :(](/styles/byc-smilies/sad.png)
Duct tape fixes anything
The duct tape made it into a snuggly hole for the lightbulb. So there was no need to tape the actual lightbulb to anything.
Snuggly
I also ran into the problem of the temperature stabilising at 86F. That simply won't do, I need it between 99 and 102 if my notes are right. So i put it inside a cut cardboard box I had lying around. I will be keeping track of temperature changes for the rest of today. I might need to add aluminum foil to the inside or stuff the gap between the cardboard box and the plastic box with newspaper. Will let ya know.
Hopefully I get the temp right and I can meet the new chicks by the beginning of next month. YAY!
Totally crossing my fingers
I suppose this gives time for my mom and sis to pick out the eggs.![LOL :lol: :lol:](/styles/byc-smilies/lol.png)
We had extension cords and the lightbulb cords around the house already so we bought the rest.
$2 Plastic Box
$3 Lightbulbs 2 pack
$3 Thermometer with Humidity gauge
$12 Digital Thermometer with Humidity gauge
$1 Plastic foam type lining for the bottom
Total: $21+ whatever california tax is
Materials
Now I would suggest that if anyone goes this route to please put a spare piece of wood against the plastic as you drill a hole to it. We didn't and well my dad ended up breaking it.
![Frown :( :(](/styles/byc-smilies/sad.png)
Duct tape fixes anything
The duct tape made it into a snuggly hole for the lightbulb. So there was no need to tape the actual lightbulb to anything.
Snuggly
I also ran into the problem of the temperature stabilising at 86F. That simply won't do, I need it between 99 and 102 if my notes are right. So i put it inside a cut cardboard box I had lying around. I will be keeping track of temperature changes for the rest of today. I might need to add aluminum foil to the inside or stuff the gap between the cardboard box and the plastic box with newspaper. Will let ya know.
![Big Grin :D :D](/styles/byc-smilies/big_smile.png)
Totally crossing my fingers
I suppose this gives time for my mom and sis to pick out the eggs.
![LOL :lol: :lol:](/styles/byc-smilies/lol.png)
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